Hand-power boat-propelling means.



A. GOTAUTAS.

HAND POWER BOAT PROPELLING MEANS.

- APPLICATION FILED IULYIZ, I915.

Patented Feb. 1, 1916.

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HAND POWER BOAT PBOPELLING MEANS.

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To all whom it may concern:

be highly efficient in operation and will alnnrrn s'ra'rns PATENT OFFICE.

ANTON GOTAUTAS, OF BRAINEBD, MINNESOTA.

HAND-POWER BOAT-PROI ELLING MEANS.

Patented Feb. 1, 1916.

Serial No. $9,372.

1 169 952 Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed uly 12, 1915.

upwardly and secured by bolts or the like to certain of the ribs 5 of the'boat. if Rising from one side of the plate 2, at sub stantially the centerthereof, is an upright standard 6 having a bearing 7 in which one end of a transverse crank shafti8 is'revolu- 'bly mounted, the other end of said shaft being so supported in a bearing 9 carried by the upper end of a standard 10 which rises from the Opposite side of the plate 2 and is provided with an integral attaching foot 11 bolted or otherwise secured to said plate.

he two bearings 7 and 9 are disposed in strict transverse and horizontal alinement,

" Be it known that 1, Aaron Goran'ras, a subject ofthe Czar of Russia,residing at Brainerd, in the county of Crowd/Ting and Stateof Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in and- Power Bcat-Propelling Means; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. My invention relates broadly to improvements in boat propelling mechanisms an more particularly to those actuated manually.

The object of the invention is to provide means of this class which although being extremely simple and very inexpensive, will crank shaft 8 in a horizontal position, said shaft being driven by means yet to be described. v i

In addition to the transverse portion of the bearing 7 receiving therein one end of low a boat equipped therewith to be prov the crank shaft 8, said bearing is provided pelled either in forward or reverse directions at a number of speeds under full con Wi h a longitudinal supplemental bearing gated longitudinally of the beat,

7. rotatably receiving the front end of a horizontally disposed longitudinally extending shaft 12, this shaft being provided in-- termediate its ends with a bevel pinion 13 keyed thereon and meshing with a bevel driving gear 14 keyed to the crank shaft 8, while the other end of said shaft 12 is equipped with a spur gear 15 secured thereto, the portion of the shaft between the pinion 13 and the gear 15 being rotatably mounted in a bearing 16 carried by the upper end of a standard'or post 17 which rises from and is'formed integrallywith one side of the plate 2 in longitudinal .alineinent with the standard 6. l Spaced inwardly from the bearing 16, and "preferably alined transversely therewith, is an additional bearing 18 carried by an upright post 19 flanged at its lower end and secured to the bed plate 2 by bolts or the like. The bearing 18 rotatably receives the front end of the propeller shaft 20, the latter leing provided with a pinion 21 mesh ing with the spur gear 15, with a fly wheel 22. adjacent said pinion, and with a suitable screw propeller 23 at trc-l of the operator.

WVith this general object in view, the invention resides in certain novel features of construction and in the unique combinations of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

' In the accompanying drawings which constitute a part of the application, Figure 1 represents a top plan view of a boat equipped with the invention; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the boat showing the propelling means in side elevation; Fig. 3 is a detail horizontal section on an enlarged scale, taken along the plane indicated by the line 3-3 of Fig. 2; lligs. and 5 are vertical transverse sections taken respectively on the planes designated bythe lines 4-4 and 5-5 of Fig. 3; Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the bed plate and the several parts secured thereto.

In describing the invention, 1 shall refer to the several views of the drawings where in like reference characters designate correspcnding parts and in which- 1 indicates a boat which may be of any preferred design and construction, substan tially the central portion of this boat, at the bottom thereof, being occupied by a horizontally disposed bed plate 2 which is elonand which is secured by bolts 3 to transverse hanger bars 4:, the opposite ends of the latter being projected laterally beyond the opposite side edges of the bed plate 2 and being bent its rear end, the shaft being passed through any preferred type of stufling box as is common with devices of this class.

By the construction so far described. it will be seen that rotation of the crank shaft 8 will, through the instrumentality of the gear 14 and pinion 13, rotate the longitudinal shaft 12, the latter now imparting movewhereby to rotatably support the transverse ment to the propeller shaft 20 through the instrumentality of the spur gear 15 and the pinion 21 meshing therewith, thereby actuating the screw 23 to propel the boat forwardly or rearwardly through the water, according to the direction in which said crank shaft is rotated. For the purpose of so rotating the crank shaft 8, the upright lever 24 is preferably provided in advance of the bed plate 2, said lever being fulcrumed intermediate its ends between a pair of upwardly and forwardly directed standards 25 which rise from and are preferably formed integrally with the front end of said plate, the upper end of the lever being provided with a transverse handle 26 to be grasped by the operator, while the lower end of said lever is equipped with laterally extending pedals or the like 27 to receive thereon the feet-of the operator, whereby the lever 24 may be oscillated by either hand or foot power, or by both. A suitable part of the lever 24, preferably the lower end thereof, is connected by a pitman 28 to the crank 8 of the crank shaft, 8. Thus it will be evident that the operator sitting upon the seat 29 above the mechanism above described and oscillating the lever 24, will propel the boat, the speed of the latter as well as the direction of move ment thereof being under full control of such operator. Needless to say, in addition to the seat 29, numerous other seats may be provided if the boat be'of such proportions as to accommodate other passengers.

Although any preferred steering means could well be provided in connection with the propelling mechanism above described, the upright levers 50 are preferably fulcrumed at their lower ends to the opposite sides of the boat, their upper ends being provided with inwardly extending pedals or the like which may be operated either by hand or foot power. Leading rearwardly from the levers alcng the opposite sides of the boat 1 to a transverse bar 51 secured to the upper end of the steering shaft 52 of the rudder 53, is a pair of cables 54, whereby when one of the levers 50 is forced f0rwardlv, its respective cable will be moved in this direction, thereby turning the rudder in the desired manner.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it will be evident that although extremely simple construction has been provided for carrying out the object of the invention, a boat equipped with the latter will be very efficient in operation and will possess a number of advantageous features.

' In the drawings, certain specific details of construction have been shown for accomplishing probably the best results, and in the preceding such details have been described, but it will be evident that I need 4 not be limited thereto otherwise than to the appended claims rewith its upper end a bearing formed with a transverse bore and a longitudinal bore, a second post rising from the opposite edge portion of the base plate and having anattaching foot detachably secured thereto, said second post having a bearing formed integrally with its upper end and provided with a bore alined with the aforesaid transverse bore, a third post rising from and formed integrally with the rear portion of the bed plate, said third post having formed integrally with its upper end a bearing having a bore alined with the aforesaid longitudinal bore, a fourth post rising from the base plate in laterally spaced relation to the third post, said fourth post having at its lower end an integral attaching foot detachably secured to the bed plate and having at its upper end a bearing formed with a longitudinally disposed bore, a pair of parallel upwardly and forwardly curving arms formed integrally with and rising centrally from the front end of the bed plate, a trans verse horizontal shaft rotatable in the alined bores ofthe bearings of the first and second posts and having a crank disposed between said bearings, a propeller shaft having its front end rotatably mounted in the bore of thebearing on the fourth standard, an intermediate longitudinal shaft rotatably mounted in the alined bores of the hearings on the first and third standards, gearing connecting the transverse shaft and the intermediate shaft, additional gearing con necting the latter and the propeller shaft, a rod leading forwardly from the crank of the transverse shaft between the aforesaid pair of arms, and an upright hand lever ful crumed between said arms and connected with the front end of said rod.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing wit nesses.

ANTON GOTAUTAS. Witnesses:

HILDING H. SwANsoN, GoTHFRED S. SWANSON.

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